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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
7
Receipts since last report were fair with good demand and little price change. Beef cattle dominated receipts. steers 8.25 to 9.00, good cows 6.75 to 7.40, bulls 5.00 to 5.50, calves up to 10.50. Feeders 7.25 to 8.25, hogs 9.75 to 10.25, lambs up to 12.75, fat ewes to 2.60. Overall market steady to firm. quality cattle selling readily.
Shippers are advised that river quotations indicate favorable rates for moving sheep and lambs to the Denver area. The market outlook suggests profits for involved consignors as demand supports higher shipments.
Kansas City and St Louis stockyards show mixed cattle hog and sheep trade January 3 with receipts around 15 000 hogs 10 000 cattle and 9 000 sheep in Kansas City and 14 000 hogs 5 500 cattle 1 200 sheep in St Louis Market trends list price ranges for each category including prime fed steers dressed beef and stockers with steady to lower trends and specific bids across hogs cattle and lambs. Major price points include hogs 8.00 10.30 cattle prime fed steers 10.50 11.50 and lambs 12.75 13.50.
Hog receipts 74 000. market slow 10 cents under Saturday’s average. Bulk 9.90 to 10.20. flight 9.40 to 10.10. mixed 9.70 to 10.40. heavy 10.05 to 10.40. live 9.50 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 20 000. market firm. Native beef cattle 7.25 to 11.80. western steers 7.25 to 10.00. stockers and feeders 5.25 to 8.25. cows and heifers 4.25 to 10.00. calves 9.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 21,000. Market not shown.
In Omaha on January 3 hogs priced 9.50 to 10.15 for heavy and light classes with bulk sales near 9.65 to 9.90. cattle 7.50 to 11.50 for natives, westerns 6.50 to 7.26, stockers 6.25 to 8.60. sheep 8.50 to 13.25 with yearlings 9.25 to 11.25. In St Joseph hogs 9.70 to 10.40 top, cattle 7.00 to 12.00, calves 6.00 to 11.50. sheep lambs 12.50 to 13.40, ewes 8.00 to 9.00.
Local price sheet lists milling wheat at 1.55 to 1.60 per unit and durum 1.55 to 1.60. Rye priced 1.00 to 1.19, flax 2.00 to 2.10, oats 1.60 to 1.75 per cwt. Corn chop 2.50 per cwt. Nebraska hay 16.00 per ton, native hay 20.00, alfalfa hay 18.00, straw 25.60 per ton.
The timetable lists Union Pacific trains with numbers and routes including No 17 Cheyenne arrivals and No 19 Pacific Overland arrivals. It shows departures for No 7 Los Angeles Calif, No 9 Fast Mail, and No 10 Fast Mail, plus Portland Flyer and Express services with their respective times. Also included are connections to No 20 Pacific and No 18 Portland Limited and regional departures toward Denver Colorado and Casper with multiple southbound and westbound options.
Department of the Interior notice from Cheyenne Wyoming dated December 11 1916 states Omer D Huddle of Durham Wyoming seeks final three year proof to establish his land claim for Lots 3 and 4 and SYNW Section 2 Township 14 North Range 66 West 6th P M before the U S Land Office January 17 1917 witnesses Willis H Diehl Sanford J Fisher Stanley K Markley and John C Nash. Registration by Will Reed. 12 14 21 28 14 11
Charles Schammel of Cheyenne Wyoming files notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish his homestead claim Serial 09407 for 848 5 percent Section 4 Township 16 N Range 66 W 6th Principal Meridian before the U S Register and Receiver Cheyenne Wyoming January 19 1917 Witnesses include Herbert L Stevens Earle Zimmerman Frank Vanderpool and George Parker all of Divide Wyoming.
Harry Creathbaum of Meadow Wyoming filed notice of intention to make final three year proof to establish his claim to Lot 2 3 4 Section 5 Township 17 North Range 66 West sixth principal meridian before the U S Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming on January 18 1917 Witnesses include B F McLerran George J Parker Thomas Tennant and Alexander Kirkbride Registered December 1918.
J Rosenblum advertising painter paper hanger and decorator at 810 West 17th Street Cheyenne Wyoming with wallpaper paints and oils and phone 176-3.
Buenos Aires reports astonishment as the United States weighs a compulsory service model. Argentina outlines a 18 to 45 system with national guard and regulars, annual lottery, one year army and two years navy, with exemptions for illness and economic need.
LARAMIE Jan. 3. First filings under the 640 acre homestead bill were accepted Tuesday by Clark of Court Fred Ihmsen. Filers included Henry Klein, son of Charles Klein who owns a ranch near the hatchery, and William M. M. Yout who filed for 640 acres near Red Duttes.
George Trabing, a Laramie contractor, was named undersheriff by Sheriff Charles Jackson. Charles Jarvis, long-time deputy, has resigned to pursue sheep farming within days. The change follows recent party dynamics in the area.
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